Wheel.



C. E. BEAN. WHEEL} APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4,1913

1 1 44,632, Patented June 29, 1915.

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CHARLES E. BEAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG-NOR TO KILLIFER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A. CORPORA- TION OF CALIFORNIA.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BEAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Wheel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a wheel, and particularly to the hub thereof.

One of the main objects of the invention is to enable the wearing parts to be renewed without disturbing the barrel of the hubor the spokes. In the construction I employ the inner ends of the spokes extend through the barrel of the hub and are secured by nuts, and a further object of the invention is to construct the end plates with lugs which will engage the nuts and prevent them from working loose. The end plates also act to close up the barreland hold the parts together.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the wheel. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line o -m Fig. 1. Fig. 41 is a side elevation of one of the end plates in detail. Fig. 5 is a side elevation in detail of the removable bearing. Fig. 6 is a section on line ww Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the removable bearing.

The Wheel comprises a rim 1 with inwardly extending spokes 2 which extend through a barrel 3 and which are secured by nuts 1.

Arranged concentrically in the barrel 3 and removable therefrom is a bearing 5 having a beveled flange 6 which fits against the inner internally beveled rim of the barrel 3, and its outer end is received in a recess 7 formed in a removable end plate 8, the latter having a beveled flange 9 which fits the internally beveled rim of the barrel 3. A carriage bolt 10 projects outward from the end of the bearing 5, its head being inside the bearing, and a nut 11 on the bolt 10 serves to detachably secure the end plate 8. The inner end of the bearing 5 has a grooved extension 12 which is engaged bya retaining plate 13, the latter being rigid on the axle 14. 15 is an oil cup for lubricating the bearing, the oil cup being screwed to an intermediate nipple 16, the latter being screwed in the bearing 5 and projecting to the outer face of the barrel 3.

In operation the axle 14 is stationary, and the bearing 5, together with the other parts of the Wheel which are rigid therewith, revolves on the axle. The outer plate 8 excludes dust from the interior of the barrel and bearing and protects the internal parts. Italso acts to properly space the outer end of the bearing 5 and hold the same concentrio with the barrel 3, the inner end of the barrel 5 being properly held in position by the flange 6.

In order to prevent the nuts 4: from unscrewing the end plate 8 and the flange 6 are respectively provided with lugs 16 and 16" which, when the parts are in place, project between the nuts 4:, as clearly shown in Fig. 6, and prevent the latter from unscrewing, thereby maintaining all parts in permanent rigid relation until it is desired to dismantle the wheel.

What I claim is:

In a wheel, a hub including a barrel having internally tapered ends, a removable bearing concentrically arranged within said barrel in spaced relation thereto, having an annular flange adjacent to its inner end, said flange having its peripheral edge tapered to engage the tapered inner end of the barrel, a plate having its peripheral edge tapered to engage the outer end of the barrel, said plate having a central recess to snugly engage the outer end of the bearing, spokes projected between the barrel and bearing, nuts on the inner ends of said spokes, lugs carried by said flange and end plate to lock the nuts against rotation and means for holding the barrel, bearing and plate assembled.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 12th day of August, 1913.

CHARLES E. BEAN.

In presence of GEORGE T. I-IAoKLnY, LORRAINE E. DURROW.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. G. 

